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	One of Jesus’ disciples, Ananias, following the Lord’s directions to the street called Straight, entered the house where Paul was staying “and putting his hands on him said, ‘Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me that thou mightest receive thy sight and be filled with the Holy Ghost.’”<ref>Acts 9:17.</ref>		One of Jesus’ disciples, Ananias, following the Lord’s directions to the street called Straight, entered the house where Paul was staying “and putting his hands on him said, ‘Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me that thou mightest receive thy sight and be filled with the Holy Ghost.’”<ref>Acts 9:17.</ref>
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	[[File:479px-Ananias restoring the sight of st paul (34663925).jpg\|thumb\|Ananias Restoring the Sight of St. Paul, by Pietro da Cortona (c.1631)]]		[[File:479px-Ananias restoring the sight of st paul (34663925).jpg\|thumb\|<translate>Ananias Restoring the Sight of St. Paul, by Pietro da Cortona (c.1631)</translate>]]

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	By the act of this messenger, Paul had the immediate proof that the voice he had heard midst the blinding light was none other than that of Jesus himself. Thus, it is recorded that through the Lord’s instrument, Ananias, “immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales; and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized.”<ref>Acts 9:18.</ref>		By the act of this messenger, Paul had the immediate proof that the voice he had heard midst the blinding light was none other than that of Jesus himself. Thus, it is recorded that through the Lord’s instrument, Ananias, “immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales; and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized.”<ref>Acts 9:18.</ref>

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	[[File:StPaul.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.3\|alt=caption\|Statue of Saint Paul, Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, Rome]]		<languages />
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	The ascended master [[Hilarion]] was embodied as Saul of Tarsus, who became the apostle Paul after his encounter with [[Jesus]] on the road to Damascus.		The ascended master [[Hilarion]] was embodied as Saul of Tarsus, who became the apostle Paul after his encounter with [[Jesus]] on the road to Damascus.

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	Paul was a persecutor of Christians and consented to the heartless stoning of Stephen recorded in the Book of Acts. However, though the mind of Saul was prejudiced against Christ (by hereditary and environmental factors that cannot permanently alter the soul’s direction except the soul give consent), the image of the apostle Paul, his fiery destiny, was already etched within his spirit.		Paul was a persecutor of Christians and consented to the heartless stoning of Stephen recorded in the Book of Acts. However, though the mind of Saul was prejudiced against Christ (by hereditary and environmental factors that cannot permanently alter the soul’s direction except the soul give consent), the image of the apostle Paul, his fiery destiny, was already etched within his spirit.
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	[[File:ConversionStPaul.JPG\|thumb\|upright\|alt=caption\|''Conversion of St. Paul'', Nicolas Bernard Lépicié (1767)]]		[[File:ConversionStPaul.JPG\|thumb\|upright\|alt=caption\|<translate>''Conversion of St. Paul'', Nicolas Bernard Lépicié (1767)</translate>]]

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	== Conversion ==		== Conversion ==

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	In Truth, his mission was to build Christ’s Church upon the Rock of his personal encounter with the Lord—to convert the “Gentiles,” their leaders, and the children of light and to elucidate Christ’s Person and Presence as the living Saviour in sermons and letters delivered throughout Asia Minor and the Mediterranean over a period of thirty years.		In Truth, his mission was to build Christ’s Church upon the Rock of his personal encounter with the Lord—to convert the “Gentiles,” their leaders, and the children of light and to elucidate Christ’s Person and Presence as the living Saviour in sermons and letters delivered throughout Asia Minor and the Mediterranean over a period of thirty years.

	It was from the city of Antioch that Paul was called to the first of his missionary journeys, which took him through the southern part of Asia Minor. Paul performed [[miracles]] and preached the gospel, but the Jews were angered by his preaching; in Lystra he was stoned and left for dead by a mob.		It was from the city of Antioch that Paul was called to the first of his missionary journeys, which took him through the southern part of Asia Minor. Paul performed [[miracles]] and preached the gospel, but the Jews were angered by his preaching; in Lystra he was stoned and left for dead by a mob.
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	[[File:V&A - Raphael, St Paul Preaching in Athens (1515).jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.4\|alt=caption\|''Saint Paul Preaching in Athens'', Raphael (1515)]]		[[File:V&A - Raphael, St Paul Preaching in Athens (1515).jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.4\|alt=caption\|<translate>''Saint Paul Preaching in Athens'', Raphael (1515)</translate>]]

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	Paul’s second journey took him farther through Asia Minor and across the Aegean Sea, where he established Christianity’s first foothold in Europe with the formation of a church in the Roman colony of Philippi in Macedonia.		Paul’s second journey took him farther through Asia Minor and across the Aegean Sea, where he established Christianity’s first foothold in Europe with the formation of a church in the Roman colony of Philippi in Macedonia.

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	== Paul imprisoned ==		== Paul imprisoned ==
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	[[File:Nikolai Bodarevsky 001.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.4\|left\|alt=Paul before Herod Agrippa II flanked by his sister Berenice and Roman procurator Porcius Festus\|''Trial of the Apostle Paul'', Nikolas Kornilievich Bodarevsky (1875)]]		[[File:Nikolai Bodarevsky 001.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.4\|left\|alt=Paul before Herod Agrippa II flanked by his sister Berenice and Roman procurator Porcius Festus\|<translate>''Trial of the Apostle Paul'', Nikolas Kornilievich Bodarevsky (1875)</translate>]]

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	Following his third missionary journey, Paul desired to return to Jerusalem to preach the gospel to the Jews, and he did so despite Jesus’ warning to him not to go there. However, “The Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him, crying out, ‘Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.’”<ref>Acts 21:27–28</ref>		Following his third missionary journey, Paul desired to return to Jerusalem to preach the gospel to the Jews, and he did so despite Jesus’ warning to him not to go there. However, “The Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him, crying out, ‘Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.’”<ref>Acts 21:27–28</ref>

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	== The taking up of serpents ==		== The taking up of serpents ==
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	[[File:Laurent de La Hyre's Saint Paul Shipwrecked on Malta.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.2\|alt=caption\|''Saint Paul Shipwrecked on Malta'', Laurent de La Hyre (1630)]]		[[File:Laurent de La Hyre's Saint Paul Shipwrecked on Malta.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.2\|alt=caption\|<translate>''Saint Paul Shipwrecked on Malta'', Laurent de La Hyre (1630)</translate>]]

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	In the midst of the journey to Rome, Paul’s ship was overtaken by a great storm and shipwrecked on the island of Melita. [[Sanat Kumara]] describes Paul’s experience there:		In the midst of the journey to Rome, Paul’s ship was overtaken by a great storm and shipwrecked on the island of Melita. [[Sanat Kumara]] describes Paul’s experience there:

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	Paul rendered a great service in that life, and he was one of those most influential in spreading Jesus’ message throughout the Roman world. However, before his conversion Paul had consented to the stoning of Saint Stephen (the first Christian martyr) and had actively persecuted and killed Christians. It is often the case that the taking of life in one incarnation requires another embodiment to balance that karma, or debt to life; and therefore Paul did not ascend at the conclusion of that life.		Paul rendered a great service in that life, and he was one of those most influential in spreading Jesus’ message throughout the Roman world. However, before his conversion Paul had consented to the stoning of Saint Stephen (the first Christian martyr) and had actively persecuted and killed Christians. It is often the case that the taking of life in one incarnation requires another embodiment to balance that karma, or debt to life; and therefore Paul did not ascend at the conclusion of that life.

	Thus Jesus, who raised up Paul to be his apostle, sponsored him in a final incarnation as [[Saint Hilarion]] (c. <small>A.D</small>. 290 to 372), the founder of monasticism in Palestine. His was the soul of Paul come again for his final incarnation to fulfill the law of balancing his karma incurred in the persecuting of Christians and the consenting to their death.		Thus Jesus, who raised up Paul to be his apostle, sponsored him in a final incarnation as [[Saint Hilarion]] (c. <small>A</small>.<small>D</small>. 290 to 372), the founder of monasticism in Palestine. His was the soul of Paul come again for his final incarnation to fulfill the law of balancing his karma incurred in the persecuting of Christians and the consenting to their death.

	The ascended master Hilarion has explained why he was required to embody again before making his ascension:		The ascended master Hilarion has explained why he was required to embody again before making his ascension:
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	{{HTH}}, pp. 22–43.		{{HTH}}, pp. 22–43.

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Pduffy at 00:43, 23 December 2019

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	<blockquote>And others in the island which had diseases came to the beloved apostle and were healed by the laying on of hands—because the Lord Jesus Christ and the angel of God stood by him....</blockquote>		<blockquote>And others in the island which had diseases came to the beloved apostle and were healed by the laying on of hands—because the Lord Jesus Christ and the angel of God stood by him....</blockquote>

	<blockquote>Now be of good cheer and be encouraged by the great courage of those who have gone before you. Claim the mantle of the apostle Paul who awaits your coming on the east gate of the City Foursquare where he is the Lamb who is worthy to open the book that is reserved for the initiates of the fifth ray. Serving with the [[two witnesses]], these witness unto the Truth, in order that the original lie of Serpent and all liars that have proceeded after him might be swallowed up by the rod of Moses, by the judgment of the Son of God, by the sacred fire of the Holy Ghost, and by the Light of the Woman clothed with the Sun.<ref>{{OSS}}, pp. 271, 272.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>Now be of good cheer and be encouraged by the great courage of those who have gone before you. Claim the [[mantle]] of the apostle Paul who awaits your coming on the east gate of the City Foursquare where he is the Lamb who is worthy to open the book that is reserved for the initiates of the fifth ray. Serving with the [[two witnesses]], these witness unto the Truth, in order that the original lie of Serpent and all liars that have proceeded after him might be swallowed up by the rod of Moses, by the judgment of the Son of God, by the sacred fire of the Holy Ghost, and by the Light of the Woman clothed with the Sun.<ref>{{OSS}}, pp. 271, 272.</ref></blockquote>

	Paul finally arrived in Rome, where, according to church tradition, he died a martyr’s death sometime during the reign of the emperor Nero (<small>A.D</small>. 54–68).		Paul finally arrived in Rome, where, according to church tradition, he died a martyr’s death sometime during the reign of the emperor Nero (<small>A.D</small>. 54–68).